No one should doubt that the practice of lobbying encompasses activities clearly protected by the state and federal constitutions. Reform is not about abridging these freedoms.
The North Carolina Metropolitan Coalition is pressing for legislative action to increase appropriations for the state’s justice system. This core function of government deserves attention.
NEW YORK, NY — A new study by Kevin Booker, Ron Zimmer, and Richard Buddin analyzes the influence of charter schools on the distribution of students by race, ethnicity, and ability in California and Texas. Students are tracked between various schools.
Periods in American history look strikingly different depending on one's political point of view. At the same time, historical scripts shape political views.
The federal forecast shows job growth will stay about the same in 10 years, but the types of jobs are expected to change.
North Carolina's plan to reform mental-health care saddles local governments with an expensive responsibility.
In 1914, Henry Ford paid his factory line employees $97.30 per day—in 2005 dollars. The minimum wage is currently an issue in North Carolina, as well as at the national level. Interest in a new federal minimum has little to do with Ford's productivity and tedium argument, however, and there is no legislative magic wand for prosperity.
Perhaps there are reasonable arguments in favor of the current gas-tax structure. But if the political establishment wants to retain the rate, it should promise to protect the funds and to cut other taxes.
Last week, in a ruling fraught with far-reaching ramifications, the Florida Supreme Court declared the state’s school choice plan unconstitutional. Argued in June 2005, this pivotal 5-2 decision brought an end to months of waiting and speculation.
In this world of 24-hour media, interactive talk radio, and the information cornucopia that is the Internet, why should public-policy groups bother hosting events?
Attorneys for school systems seeking to overturn the state’s education-finance system want nearly $11 million for winning the case. But, uh, they didn’t win the case.
